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SkyRest Tests

SkyRest Bathtub Test

A long, hot soak after a taxing day can soothe sore muscles and minimize stress levels. But all that steam and hot water can start to make you pretty lethargic. Why not keep your head above water and let Calgon take you away…to dreamland?

How’d the SkyRest handle all that rub-a-dub-dub? I had three dreams in that tub.

Check out previous SkyRest Tests and my full SkyRest Tests Flickr gallery.

SkyRest Office Test

Working in an office is not as glamorous as they make it out to be on Mad Men. There is significantly less smoking, carousing and (permitted) drinking. After a while, moving papers from one side of your desk to the other and scouring conference rooms for leftover sandwiches from catered meetings can leave you bored and famished. That’s when it’s time to shut the door, kick back and sneak in a little office nap.

How did the SkyRest handle the rigors of a workday? I slept like it was my job.

Check out previous SkyRest Tests and my full SkyRest Tests Flickr gallery.

SkyRest Conversation Test

Listening to your friends drone on and on about the minutia of their lives can get old fast. Frankly, I don’t always pay attention when other people are talking. So, while your friends babble on about their feelings, why not catch up on some much needed (and, to be honest, more entertaining) sleep?

How’d the SkyRest handle all that jibber jabber? I was too busy talking in my sleep to be bothered.

Special thanks to Rachel Kelly and Fancy Fast Food’s Erik Trinidad for boring me to sleep.

Check out previous SkyRest Tests and my full SkyRest Tests Flickr gallery.

SkyRest Cat Test

Cats love shiny things, being aloof and indignantly watching you scoop up their feces. They don’t do much in the way of physical activity, yet they always seem tired. They’ll sleep on the floor, the windowsill and your face.

So, how’d the SkyRest handle this finicky feline? It’s not shiny, it invaded her space and had nothing to do with her feces. In other words, she hated it. And so did her brother.

This may have been the first negative review for the SkyRest, but take it with a grain of salt. I mean, are you going to believe a couple of cats over one much cooler dog?

Special thanks to Gwen and Peter for tolerating me tormenting them with a pillow that they clearly hated with great feline fervor.

Check out previous SkyRest Tests and my full SkyRest Tests Flickr gallery.

SkyMall Monday: Full SkyRest Review

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There’s been a lot of talk about the SkyRest Travel Pillow around these parts. But, before I started testing the pillow in real life scenarios, I took it on a plane to see just how well it handled its natural environment.

Check out my full hands-on review of the SkyRest on Gadling.

And then take a look at previous SkyRest Tests and my full SkyRest Tests Flickr gallery.